my world in moments

golden

The sun and its golden glow had long since disappeared beyond the western horizon. You could be forgiven for thinking the sunset was over. Looking high up into the eastern sky however the golden orange light of a west bound sun still clung to the clouds. There amidst that orange glow a waning gibbous moon […]

Nightfall An expression I have not heard in years, ‘nightfall’ came to mind this evening and got me wondering, just when does ‘night fall’? It is easy to describe moments along the way. The moment the sun dips below the horizon. The emergence of the very first stars. The moment a feature on the horizon […]

It had been drab and overcast all day long but in the late afternoon there were a few tell-tale signs that a trip to the beach for sunset might just be worth my while. When I arrived at ‘my local’, Henley Beach, there were a few people with cameras ready to witness the sun just […]

Three days in a row with temperatures over 40 degreesC had taken their toll and despite the ominous clouds and the expectant change people flocked to the beaches in droves to escape the saturated heat of the suburbs. When I got down to Henley beach around 8 pm this evening the sky was a sullen […]

When the sunset plays the game of pretending to be over it pays to stay a while, to look up, to look around and to look behind. Sneaking up from behind, the clouds, now struck with the sun’s golden receding light, have become a new source to colour the world before twilight takes hold. I […]